Change of direction at the Federal Office of Sport
From this April, in view of a management renewal, the former Head of Sport Policy and Resources Sandra Felix, will lead the FOSPO
COVID, financial markets and digital growth according to the SNB
Andréa Maechler and Thomas Moser, analysts at the Swiss National Bank, have carried out a comprehensive study on the effects of the…
The withholding tax is… in the crosshairs of the Federal Council
The reform provides for the abolition of the tax on Swiss interest, with the exception of interest on the assets of natural persons…
Anglo-Swiss agreement on authorized economic operators
A deal aims to make it easier for companies with AEO status to trade between the UK and Switzerland and reduce barriers to trade
How Bern intends to moderate health insurance reserves
In 2020, health insurers had 11.3 billion in their pockets, 203 percent of the minimum, set to shrink in favor of premium payers
Greenhouse gas emissions fall slightly throughout Switzerland
The 'output' of tonnes of CO2 equivalent (46.2 million) is 14 per cent lower than in the sample year 1990, but only 0.3 per cent lower than…
Swiss Post from the present into the future
The Federal Council has chosen Christian Levrat as the new Chairman of Swiss Post, continuing its modernization efforts
Swiss weekly economic activity at pre-crisis levels
In early March, the so-called AES index recovered strongly and temporarily exceeded pre-pandemic values in week 12 of 2020
Two numismatic world records are from Switzerland
The Guiness Book of World Records has validated the gold coin "Albert Einstein" from a quarter franc issued in 2020 and the minting of 10…
Active the European Committee for the prevention of torture
During their 11-day stay, the delegation visited various detention facilities in the cantons of Geneva, Vaud, Aargau, Solothurn, Bern and…
Canton of Ticino says yes to payments to the state in Bitcoin
With the support of UDC, Lega dei Ticinesi, FDP and some PPD members, the Grand Council approved the motion on cryptocurrencies of 2017 by…
Nicola Zanni: “In Zug, if you want and work hard, you get a lot”
The Ferrara entrepreneur, who has headed an established financial firm since 2015, enjoys in Switzerland the paradise on earth denied him…
Reconnaissance over time on the cost of hospitals in Switzerland
The Federal Office of Public Health released the second comparison regarding the expenditures per case of hospitals and birthing homes
Swiss electricity production is monitored in detail
More than 110,000 electricity production facilities in the federal government, renewable or not, are sampled on the website…
Zurich is increasingly a ‘foreign’ start-up hotbed
With 76 per cent of start-up and innovative companies from outside Switzerland, the city on the banks of the Limmat shines in the Heatmap…
Switzerland, cantons, municipalities and universities against jihādism
National Action Plan and fourth round of applications for financial support to prevent and combat radicalization and violent extremism